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Canyon, TX vs Champaign, IL

#102 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#229 2005 Best Places to Live

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#10 Best Green Cities

#33 2005 Best Places to Live

#44 Most Competitive Public Colleges

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Have lived in Canyon for over 15 years. Planned on making this our retirement home 12 years before we actually moved here and don't plan on ever leaving. City is  More

I moved here from Northern California to go to West Texas A&M. The town is "dry" (doesn't sell alcohol in the city limits), so there are no bars. Not a whole lot of  More

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

I wonderful city with great  More

Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More